digital era coleridge war is washington an invisible cyber war between the us and china raiders and some security professionals say america is losing badly. dave through all the time in palm entry elections sex scandal survive about his care and you get a topless reception at the ballot one of four with funnyman channels the country's rage of austerity. the sound moscow has the latest talks on this issue and civil conflict and russia struggles to bring both the opposition and government to the negotiating table with the rebel reluctant. and america's new foreign secretary takes on his first foreign tour with a friendly visit to britain before testing rule in certain rules as an aid to other european and middle eastern countries.

international news live from moscow this is the with me you dash of all of a hello and welcome to the program the competition between the u.s. and china has gone digital and the western superpower isn't feeling confident intelligence figures think america is already musing a major cyber who accusing beijing of hacking into washington security marina or deny now reports. in january it is my pleasure to welcome president hu to the white house washington and beijing were the a list couple of geopolitics the positive constructive cooperative u.s. china relationship is good for the united states in february america's feelings are fleeting china unleashing its full spy power let's return to the alleged link between china's military and

a prolific hacking group most cyber attacks are being carried out by teams inside the chinese military china is officially out of control because don't look now but prove today our sugar daddy is a thief beijing became an overnight security threat last week after the american information security firm mandiant identified a secretive chinese military unit as the likely source of hacking against u.s. corporations a charge china vehemently denies however as the u.s. refocuses its military might from the middle east to china's backyard critics say it's no coincidence that beijing is suddenly morphing into america's virtual al-qaeda i think this is part of what oh egypt which is really a china and this cyber thing is is fits right into that pattern i think what we're looking at is art of this obama pivot to focus on china and to paint china is the new military threat to the world it's

a demonization trying to earlier this month u.s. president barack obama signed an executive order aimed at strengthening america's cyber defenses when you know hackers steal people's identities and infiltrate private e-mails we know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets . now our enemies are also seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid our financial institutions our traffic control systems we cannot look back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our comp but according to reports washington is all too familiar with the offensive side of cyber war it's the u.s. who launches things like stuxnet that together with israel to to cripple certain iranian technology capabilities in two thousand and ten a computer virus known as stuxnet infected tehran's enrichment facilities destroying nearly one thousand of iran's six thousand centrifuges according to

reports the virus made entirely out of code was a joint collaboration between the us and israel in terms of a pandora's box i think it will be slightly harder for the united states to adopt a position of purely be friends we sort of made it clear that we're willing to use cyber in advance of our national interest while reports about china's a legit cyber attacks have dominated u.s. mainstream media much less is being said about the pentagon's decision to double down on its cyber war workforce expanding from nine hundred to more than forty five hundred employees experts say the move is indicative of washington's evolving military strategy every commander with whom i have spoken is going to be the next major or will include cyber component it won't just be a traditional insurgency bob baer the central ground troops the next floor

almost certainly will include a cyber component and the edge of cyber war france could become foes by the click of a mouse and some say in a very short time relations between the u.s. and china over a virtual espionage can resemble the long stalemate that took place with the soviet union during the cold war we're in a port i.r.t. new york. and on altie dot com you can have you also express your opinion on what's going on between the u.s. and china in our online poll so let's have a look at how you've been voting that so far so and more than a hall full of you actually sixty five percent saying this is all part of obama's p.r. campaign and that more than fifteen percent believe the so-called war scandal is all about as spanish now almost the same number of voters think this is a glimpse of the next world war and finally just six percent of you see this as

a warning to china so do go to auntie dot com and have your say that. as the second and final day of voting in a semi in a parliamentary campaign fought with better rhetoric and tough questions about austerity yesterday saw most major policy leaders cause the ballot with a vote of serial scandal survive that still be about the scary targeted by protestors topless funnel activists clashed with photo opportunity chanting enough with berlusconi before being swarmed by police and escorted out of a strong factions including the democrats and the new until austerity party front of the five five bond and through what committee and going to her thoughts now on

a vote that are shaping interlaced future. the streets of rome aligned with posters from various political parties and candidates all smiles and bright colors offering the best future possible for italian voters. but it seems like it. was a good candidate like i was because i was . thirteen i think it's not because i keep getting. a low is not the leader but the face of a movement whose plan is simple to do away with the politics that italy has been used to for the past couple of decades and bring about a new type of rule the number saved on my part i don't feel protected by the state i want to state that is visible there is no state in this country just

a bureaucracy of laws that has replaced democracy there isn't anything left among the crowds disillusioned with italy's politics is done nearly alice has started small by successfully challenging politicians in his small hometown in the south like many talents he does not trust the current political system but the leaders of the utility that live here will be what was ok if you believe it was ok for you to live here. oh. but it is time for a change at least one hundred thousand people showed up to support group close movement in the center of rome the biggest political gathering in half a century people say you should popular because this speaks clearly and this is one of the main thing you can say is they have to go. home or. they're finished this right because the the political class has lost in the in

the influence on the land to part with the population especially young people the crisis is we have a political class absolutely unable to cope with the situation and the situation is a desperate one the longest recession in twenty years more than one third of the country's youth are without a job corruption that feeds organized crime and manages to siphon off as much as sixty billion euro a year by some estimates and declaring wealth divide between various italian regions basically it was huge a parliament will have a mouthful to chew to avoid choking on the problems which have accumulated over the years perhaps doing away with the old men in suits no matter how respectable they may appear in favor of foul mouth but seemingly honest comedian may be just the thing to put an end to italy's political drama in rome in a ghost. so they're watching officially close at four hundred g.m.t. today with exit polls made available shortly after but already

a place called alister lisandro polity downs any of the candidates will deliver on their promise to rein in and answers. well the problem of europe is not the problem of public debts this is a financial assault that has been concerted by private entities to milk money from the eurozone that said of course berlusconi is not really the best choice to to drive around these difficult obstacles and the moment you walk and really so much better despite being well connected with financial world or has a wonderful work. but very little continent and this is a bit worrying because as soon as you get in it gets in parliament it's not just italian politics who make politics in the world and frankly for the moment they don't feel he is really well equipped i hope he will make up because anyhow he will

come up with a sizeable number of parliamentarian's but really if you study very hard and very fast you come up with something credible chancellor merkel brings new hope to germany calls for a restart to stalled talks on careers asuncion to the despite serious human rights and economic concerns known that any later. than you have pointed us secretary of state john kerry is in london on his first official foreign tool is the start of a ten day nine country trip which will take in europe and the middle east let's now talk to aussies and farmer who is in london for us right now on ok andrew nice to see it so is it fair to say that his trip to london won't be too taxing. well maybe not or maybe because john kerry's aides have described this as a listening tour effectively mr kerry wants to gauge opinion on

a number of issues but particularly firstly the syrian conflict and secondly the growing threat of his islamic extremism mr kerry said on the eve of this trip that he wanted to face the challenges of extremists who were trying to in his words hijack the arab spring revolutions and as part of that today he does want to encourage our european countries and britain to continue with their foreign aid policies because he believes that in itself is a good way of trying to influence the hearts and minds of people who do live in the middle east and also north africa but it could be an argument or struggle to win today with the british prime minister david cameron because he is a man who is under an awful lot of pressure to actually cut back on foreign aid given the fact that the u.k. is on the brink of a triple dip recession so there is a lot to talk about if there is time and bear in mind mr kerry is only here for one day britain will also try to raise the issue of the falkland islands it is understood that the u.s. will not recognize the results of a referendum in the falkland islands next month over the issue of sovereignty so as

i say a lot to talk about he's only here for a number of hours but top of the list will be syria right and where is he going next. well he will be going across europe to germany to france to italy and also to see where he'll meet members we understand of the syrian opposition coalition and also head to the middle east but he won't be going to israel or palestine that will happen next month in march alongside president obama we are told that is because they want to give the prime minister its right and promised it then your time to form a government. and your family in london about the kind of welcome kerry can expect on his trip and while the new secretary of state looks to get on the right food with his allies special forces get the boot from two provinces their nation both went in the torture and murder of locals has sparked outrage at the

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you to. believe. this is the welcome bok government is open to dialogue with with the opposition even its sound options the country's foreign minister during talks with russian diplomats and also on the prospects for peace have suffered another blow up the west withdrawing from all international talks complaining of a lack of pressure on the assad regime. the visit comes amid

widespread uncertainty over whether or not any dialogue it's possible between the syrian authorities and the opposition dhamaka says it's ready to talk last week there were dim hopes that the rebels would do the same since the leader for the first time said they were willing to negotiate with the government but now it seems the opposition is returning to its traditional line and going going a bit further first of all injected the invitation to come to moscow for talks of using it of supporting president assad even though russia since the beginning of the conflict has been saying that it's not taking sides but if that was more or less predictable then the opposition's refusal to go to washington and to rome to take part in the upcoming meeting of the so-called friends of syria group that was a major surprise since this group initially was formed to support the rebels and this is a sign of a growing divide between the syrian opposition and their outside supporters the rebels say that they are doing this to protest against the lack of an international

reaction to what they call are atrocities committed allegedly by syrian authorities and washington tried persuading them to change their mind and hold talks with the government openly saying that it will provide further support despite russia's calls on the international community to apply equal pressure on both the rebels and the authorities for a political process to finally begin in syria but judging by the situation now frankly the chances of this process beginning now are not very big. iran has announced it has found thousands of tons worth of u. rain reserves and it says it will use them to expand its new their infrastructure and to build more power reactors at all t. dot com find out who in the u.s. and europe to do about it. and internet freedom north korea style become true plans to make mobile internet its main tourist attraction giving foreigners full online access.

afghanistan's president hamid karzai has ordered u.s. special forces out of two provinces the americans were linked to the torture and murder of local villagers in an area is seen as vital for defending the capital kabul the move comes as nato prepares to hundred sponsibility full security to local forces by twenty fourteen and politics professor patricia degenerate says afghanistan will struggle on its. the wardak province is you know the family is strong the place is going to volatile and i think they're kind of tired as well as most afghans having u.s. forces going in and out of people's houses that are and comment karzai president karzai needs to take care of his own situation but it's definitely president karzai

is trying to make a statement and out respect they haven't come to an agreement yet they you know they're they're still a little i'm sure power play going on between the u.s. and the president as to who's going to stay who's going to be in charge you know what kind of numbers they want and how they're going to work but absolutely you know afghan leader is going to have to show that he has a little bit more support throughout the nation and just his region and within the south there. now to some other international news in brief this hour thousands turned out across both garret to show that utility calls and corruption in the editor sector ten thousand were in the capital alone waving national flags and shouting out to government slogans on all days just a week after contra white. the conservative party to resign from power. raul castro has told the national assembly he will stand down as cuban president when his current term ends in twenty eight seen the eighty one year old to go over

from his older brother fidel castro five years ago miguel diaz can now voted in as vice president in the same assembly meeting is widely viewed as cost her success. south korea's first female president pog and hair has been sworn in at a ceremony attended by tens of thousands the daughter told the nation's autocratic founder faces among other challenges the question of how to deal with a nuclear armed north korea at the inauguration intertainment was the little the day south korea's most famous singer site one of the crowd with its signature move . in the you are some governors have also not expanded next month will lead to huge job losses eighty five billion dollars will be slashed across sectors funded by public money if democrats and republicans fail to reach a compromise on tax increases some states like texas and virginia with largely military budgets will be worse affected than others less reliant on money from

washington. and economic trials facing america stretch far beyond its borders coming up in just a few minutes cross-talk looks at the risk posed by countries turning to the risky business of printing off money. at least in the case of the united states you're seeing the private sector seeing a julia improvement of the economy much more worried about the european situation there have been go ahead go ahead we're do you see an improvement in the united states what do you see that and also do you think a monetary policy is going to get you anywhere with. the balance sheets of every country and the printing of money is just really it's doing the complete opposite of what you wanted to do the united states economy is definitely on an improving. housing sector coming. forward. put. cause you'll notice that housing is going. to do more confidence is not

a measure of economic activity. is a. german chancellor angela merkel has caused a stir in turkey by calling for talks on anchor as ascension to the e.u. to be restarted as she's currently on a trip best starting with a visit to german troops on the border with syria but her support for tech is a separation to join the own being echoed at home concerned about ankara's human rights record especially strong with more journalists reportedly jailed in take it than iran and china combined delays in talks have caused great annoyance with an annoyance to air with pm after one calling the holdups unforgivable money writer a political analyst and journalist and the current economic situation in the e.u.

please take your citizens without any desire to enter the bill. we have to see that the european union is no democratic pro-choice it's a political approach a sort of ideological approach because when you ask the people in germany if they wanted to have the euro for example fifteen years ago a huge majority of the people who were against getting that europe the people if they want to send troops to the turkish syrian border they say no the european union is a construct without any democratic base it's an ideological base and so maybe hopefully we can hope for for the turkish people that they will have the right to take part in the referendum about a took about a turkish deal membership because i can imagine that for the purpose it isn't to see how the repeat of the european union develops now in those states is doesn't seem very attractive to become

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this is. a low and welcome to cross talk for all things considered i'm peter lavelle the specter of currency wars continues to haunt the global economy the dramatic need to stimulate local economies was a dire necessity at the start of the great contraction five years ago today many are worried the federal reserve's massive easing campaign will produce another global economic crisis it appears the only competition out there is who can print the most money the fastest. cross-talk currency wars in the new bubble i'm joined by martin henniker in hong

kong he's an associate director at the tight group in new york we have. he is the founder of chap would finance stock com and an internationally recognized expert in wealth management and in washington we cross doug he is a senior associate and director of carnegie's international economics program right gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you you want martin it's very late for you someone to go to you first what are you more worried about are you worried about currency wars or a bubble. of odd bit of wars because i think you know the main reason why i'm racing to base their currencies may not actually be really the economy or the export side but really the fact that all of the major western countries or most of them anyway are really heading for a nation of bankruptcy you seem to have got it dead to g.d.p. ratio of two hundred percent in the u.s. we have had warnings from the former comptroller of the united states that the u.s. is now.